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PROVERB
(DON'T) ASK A CHILD TO DO A JOB EXCEPT A CHILD'S JOB.
Submitter comment: DON'T EXPECT A CHILD TO DO AN ADULT'S JOB.
Data entry tech comment: CHILDREN, PLEASE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
OLD JEWISH SAYING
ASK FOR A WOMAN'S ADVICE AND DO THE OPPOSITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PARADOX ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU; ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR
YOUR COUNTRY.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM ; PATRIOTISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS MAD AS A HATTER.
James Callow comment:
SEE "ALICE IN WONDERLAND." HATTERS ARE SOMETIMES
DRIVEN MAD BY THE CHEMICALS THEY USE IN PROCESSING
FELT, (MATERIAL FOR HATS) I'VE HEARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
AS NEAT AS WAX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; HUMAN CREATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS ODD AS KATE CARNEY'S CAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; ANIMATED NATURE ; PROPER NAME
James Callow Keyword(s): ECCENTRICITY ; PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
AS ONE TENDS HIS FENCE HE ALSO TENDS HIS FARM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
MORAL PROVERB
AS SAD AS IF HE'D SOLD THE EARTH.
PRIES ADSIAI (LITHUANIAN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
AS SKINNY AS A SAWHORSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
NOT TOO QUICK
AS SLOW AS MOLLASSES IN JANUARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; FOOD ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
FLEMISH PROVERB
AS THE CLOCK TICKS AT HOME, IT TICKS NOWHERE ELSE. ZOOALS HET KLOKJE THUIS TIKT, TIKT HET NERGENS. (FLEMISH)
Submitter comment: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN HE WAS VISITING DETROIT, MICH. FROM BELGIUM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; OBSERVATION ; TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
COW
AS THE COW SAID TO THE MAINE FARMER, 'THANKS FOR A WARM HAND
ON A COLD MORNING.'
Submitter comment:
MR. MENZIES HEARD THE LATE JOHN F. KENNEDY USE THIS LINE TO OPEN
A SPEECH ON A COLD MORNING. HE WAS THANKING THE CROWD FOR THEIR
WARM WELCOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLIMATE ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
CROWS
AS THE CROW FLIES.
James Callow comment: INDICATAING A STRAIGHT LINE IN DISTANCE FROM ONE PLACE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRDS
James Callow Keyword(s): TO ANOTHER, RATHER THAN ACTUAL MILEAGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
OAK
AS THE TWIG IS BENT, SO IS THE OAK INCLINED.
Submitter comment:
REFERS TO CHILD RAISING, THE TWIG BEING THE CHILD, THE OAK, THE
ADULT.
Where learned: SENT BY LETTER
Keyword(s): PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; ENVIRONMENT ; EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1970
PROVERB
AS THE TWIG IS BENT SO IS THE TREE INCLINED.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANT
James Callow Keyword(s): EXAMPLE ; OBSERVATION COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
POLISH PROVERB
AS THE WORK IS DONE, SO ONE IS PAYED. (PAID.)
JAKA PRACA, TAKA PTACA. (POLISH)
Submitter comment: I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
AS THIN AS A RAIL.
Submitter comment:
SEE DORSON, BUYING THE WIND; NO. 243 AS LEAN AS A SAWHORSE. P.137
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION.
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
AS TOUGH AS A BULL'S ASS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF MY FATHER'S CLEVEREST EXPRESSIONS. THIS IS A VARIANT
OF A GERMAN PROVERB TAKEN FROM DORSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERB
AS UNPLANNED AS A HICCUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; INVOLUNTARY ; SPONTANEOUS REACTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1971